NEW YORK — When “The Bachelor” winner Melissa Rycroft got jilted for the runner-up, she returned the engagement ring — and walked off the set. That was so five months ago.

Now, Rycroft has another sparkler — and a new fiance, Tye Strickland, to go with it. Her spokeswoman, Susan Madore, says Strickland is a 28-year-old insurance agent and has been dating Rycroft on and off for 2½ years.

According to Madore, he proposed privately Friday night and then the couple celebrated with both sets of parents over dinner.